Minor v. Best Buy Stores, LP et al

Filing 10

ORDER granting #3 Plaintiff's Consent Motion to Amend Complaint & Summons By Substituting Defendant Best Buy Co., Inc With Best Buy Stores, LP. Signed by Magistrate Judge David Keesler on 7/14/21. (mga)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
CASE NO. 3:21-CV-325-FDW-DCK
CATHERINE MINOR,
Plaintiff,
v.
BEST BUY CO., INC., and CITIBANK, N.A.,
Defendants.

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ORDER

THIS MATTER IS BEFORE THE COURT on Plaintiff’s “Consent Motion To Amend
Complaint & Summons By Substituting Defendant ‘Best Buy Co., Inc.’ With ‘Best Buy Stores,
LP’” (Document No. 3) filed July 9, 2021. This motion has been referred to the undersigned
Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b), and immediate review is appropriate. Having
carefully considered the motion and the record, the undersigned will grant the motion.
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that Plaintiff’s “Consent Motion To Amend
Complaint & Summons By Substituting Defendant ‘Best Buy Co., Inc.’ With ‘Best Buy Stores,
LP’” (Document No. 3) is GRANTED. Plaintiff’s Complaint is hereby amended to substitute
“Best Buy Stores, LP” for “Best Buy Co., Inc.” and all references to “Best Buy Co, Inc.” shall be
deemed to refer to “Best Buy Stores, LP;”
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Summons dated June 2, 2021 is hereby amended
to substitute “Best Buy Co., Inc.” listed as Defendant 1 with “Best Buy Stores, LP;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Best Buy Stores, LP shall be deemed to have been
served with a copy of the Complaint & Summons in this matter, as amended hereby, on June 7,

2021 as though it has been the party originally named in the Complaint & Summons instead of
Best Buy Co., Inc.; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the caption of the pleadings in this matter shall read,
as of the date of this order: Catherine Minor v. Best Buy Stores, LP and Citibank, N.A., Civil
Action No. 3:21-cv-325.
SO ORDERED.
Signed: July 14, 2021

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